Obituaries

Katherine Latchum

Katherine Latchum

Mar 25, 2010

Katherine Andersen Latchum, age 93, a resident of Bartlesville, died Thursday March 25, 2010 at her home. Katherine was born November 6, 1916 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to John M. and Norrah Stork Andersen. The family moved to Tulsa in 1920, where she attended school, graduating from Central High School in 1934. She married John Wesley Latchum in 1940. He...

Dorothy Downing

Dorothy Downing

Mar 25, 2010

Dorothy Mae (Mosby) Downing, age 69, died on March 25, 2010 at her residence in Jay, Oklahoma. The daughter of Lester and Viola (Wasmer) Mosby, was born on April 3, 1940 in Las Animas, Colorado. Dorothy enjoyed cooking, sewing clothes, camping and when she was able, playing the piano. She was a member of the Souls Harbor Church in Jay,...

Willie Smith

Willie Smith

Mar 24, 2010

Willie Doris Smith, lifetime Grove resident died Wednesday evening March 24, 2010 at a Grove nursing home at the age of 88 years old. She was born to her parents Robert Clyde and Jessie Pearl (Jones) Smith on June 26, 1921 in Dodge, Oklahoma. She attended and graduated from Dodge and Grove schools. Willie worked for many years as a...

Josephine Cheek

Josephine Cheek

Mar 23, 2010

Josephine Cheek, 85, a resident of Grove passed away at Integris Grove General Hospital on Tuesday March 23, 2010. Mrs. Cheek was born on August 15, 1924 in Kansas City, Missouri to Harvey Dewey Oller and Della Ann (Connett) Oller Brown. Josephine worked as a homemaker all her life. That was evident in all of the crafts that she created,...

Joshua Herndon

Joshua Herndon

Mar 21, 2010

Joshua Gene Sharp-Herndon, Colcord resident died Sunday March 21, 2010 in Siloam Springs, Arkansas at the age of 18 years old. Joshua was born to his parents Daniel Sharp and Marilyn Herndon on September 12, 1991. Joshua attended school in Kansas, Oklahoma and was scheduled to graduate in May. He loved to play video games and draw, as well as...

Sue Tucker

Sue Tucker

Mar 21, 2010

Sue Anne Tucker, 75-year-old Houston resident, passed away Sunday, March 21, 2010 at the Park Plaza Hospital in Houston. Mrs. Tucker was born July 4, 1934 in Whittenburg, TX to James H. Hensley, Sr. and Thelma Anna Lawrence-Hensley. A graveside funeral service for Mrs. Tucker will be held at 9:00a.m., Monday, March 29, 2010 in the Memorial Park Cemetery in...

Mary Downey

Mary Downey

Mar 21, 2010

Mary Kathryn Downey Mary Kathryn Downey, 89, passed away at her home in Edmond, Oklahoma on Sunday, March 21, 2010. She was born on February 2, 1921 in Nowata, OK the daughter of John and Ara (Clarkson) Pendelton. She had been a member of the First Christian Church of Nowata, OK. She was a graduate of Oklahoma University. She married...

John Woodard

John Woodard

Mar 18, 2010

John "Dick" Woodard, age 74, died Thursday March 18, 2010 at his home with all of his children at his bedside. He was born June 22, 1935 in Vinita the son of Sam and Lillie (Odell) Woodard. Dick attended Sacred Hearth Catholic Academy in Vinita and was a butcher in Vinita when he was young. He and Dixie Bogle were...

David Vernon

David Vernon

Mar 14, 2010

David L. Vernon obit David L. Vernon age 68 of Claremore, died Sunday March 14, 2010, in the Claremore Regional Hospital, The son of Lenard and Josie Templeton Vernon, he was born on June 29, 1941 in Denver, Colorado. As a child, the Vernon family moved from Mentone, Alabama to California where they picked peaches, potatoes, and fruit. David later...

Bonnie Kidd

Bonnie Kidd

Mar 14, 2010

Bonnie M. Kidd, 83, a resident of Jay passed away at Integris Grove General Hospital on Sunday, March 14, 2010. She was born on May 13, 1924 to William H. and Alta May (Skaggs) Dickinson. She was a farmer in the area most all of her life. Mrs. Kidd was preceded in death by her mother and father, W M...

Carl Miller

Carl Miller

Mar 10, 2010

Carl E. Miller, age 81, of Grand Point, Vinita, OK, died Tuesday March 9, 2010. Carl was born in Strerling, OK on April 21, 1928 to Myron and Eva Miller. Carl married Ruby Jewel Lewis on August 30, 1950 in Eureka Springs, AR. After serving in the Armed Forces, he returned to the Miami area and worked at BF Goodrich...

Linda Maples

Linda Maples

Mar 10, 2010

Linda Maples Obit Linda Maples age 62 of Grove, OK died Wednesday March 10, 2010 at the Integris General Hospital. The daughter of Phillip and Ethel Stoner Miller, she was born on June 21, 1947 in Miami, OK. Linda married Johnnie Leonard Maples on July 18, 1985. She graduated from Miami High School in 1965 and Attended Beauty College. Linda...

Colten Gooding

Colten Gooding

Mar 8, 2010

Jay, OK - Colten Wade Gooding, 21, died Monday, March 8, 2010 in Afton, Oklahoma. He was born on February 25, 1989 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma to Stoney and Marla (Mann) Gooding. Colten worked as a builder and lived all his life in the Jay area. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, riding steers and horses and raising roosters. Survivors include his parents,...

Waunita Fair

Waunita Fair

Mar 8, 2010

Waunita Fair, 87 was welcomed home by her Savior on Monday, March 8, 2010 in Oklahoma City. Waunita was born on November 14, 1922 in Alluwe, OK. She had resided in Mustang for the last 9 years. Prior to moving to Mustang she lived in Nowata with her husband Gene Fair where they were co-owners of Sooner Ford. He preceded...

Kristi Friedman

Kristi Friedman

Mar 8, 2010

Kristi Dee (Smith) Friedman, 55, a former resident of Grove passed away in Mesa, Arizona at her home on Monday, March 8, 2010. She was born February 5, 1955 in Jasper, Missouri to Lee Ellis and Delores Miriam (Williams) Smith. Her husband Allen Friedman survives of the home. Graveside services will be on Sunday, April 4, 2010 at the Olympus...

Judy Robinson

Judy Robinson

Mar 7, 2010

Judy Lee Robinson, 55-year-old Nowata resident, passed away Sunday, March 7, 2010 at the Jane Phillips Nowata Health Center. Mrs. Robinson was born December 6, 1954 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma to Jim Walls and Betty Jenkins-Walls. She grew up and attended schools in Fresno, California and later moved to Dewey, Oklahoma where she graduated from high school. Mrs. Robinson attended Rogers...

Robert Lee

Robert Lee

Mar 7, 2010

Robert E. Lee, 84 year old rural Vinita resident, died Sunday, March 7, 2010 at Rosewood Terrace after an extended illness. He was born January 26, 1926 in Bixby to Josh and Lucy (Blood) Lee. Robert moved to this area with his family when he was ten years old. On December 7, 1945 he married Beatrice Spotts in Oswego, Kansas;...

James Arnold

James Arnold

Mar 6, 2010

James Angus Arnold, 93-year-old Nowata resident, passed away Saturday, March 6, 2010 at the Jane Phillips Nowata Health Center in Nowata, Oklahoma. Mr. Arnold was born January 18, 1917 in Palmer, Texas to Angus Allen Arnold and Alice Mamie Wheeler-Arnold. The family moved to Nowata in 1927 where Mr. Arnold attended grade school and high school. He served as Class...

Bertrude Moore

Bertrude Moore

Mar 4, 2010

Bertrude Helene Moore, 85, a resident of Jay passed away on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at the Integris Grove General Hospital. She was born in Eucha on June 22, 1924 to Harvey and Ollie (Tanner) Wilson. Mrs. Moore moved back to the Jay area from Texas in 1994 after the passing of her husband Elton Ray Moore on May 15,...

Robert Andrews Sr.

Robert Andrews Sr.

Mar 3, 2010

Robert Nathan Andrews Sr., Grove resident, died Wednesday March 3, 2010 at the age of 95. Robert was born September 5, 1914 in York, Wisconsin to his parents, Fred G. and Anna Martha (Will) Andrews. Robert married the love of his life, Billie Andrews in 1942. He served his country during WWII in the Army Air Corps. He is preceded...